Farside for Mac

Farside for Mac.

The small helper that lets your iPhone or iPad control this Mac. It’s free, and it sits quietly in your menu bar.

Download Farside for Mac

Free · Version 1.0 (20261002.3) · 17.4 MB

Install it in three steps

  1. Open the download. Open the file you just downloaded, from your Downloads folder. A window opens with Farside in it.
  2. Drag Farside to Applications. In that window, drag the Farside icon onto the Applications folder.
  3. Open Farside and follow the setup. Open Farside from your Applications folder. Its icon appears in the menu bar at the top of your screen, and a setup window walks you through the two permissions it needs. Then pair your iPhone or iPad; the support page shows each step.

What you need

Your Mac
macOS 26 or later on a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later). Macs with an Intel processor aren’t supported.
Your iPhone or iPad
An iPhone with iOS 26 or later, or an iPad with iPadOS 26 or later, with the Farside app.

About this download

Farside for Mac is signed with an Apple Developer ID and checked by Apple (notarized), so your Mac can confirm it comes from us before it opens.

Version
1.0 (20261002.3)
Size
17.4 MB
File
Farside-for-Mac-1.0-20261002.3.dmg
SHA-256 checksum
0c39638ae4a370aec4cedf5be68a2203ce466ede4351be5e215715f9a946832b

You don’t need the checksum. It’s there if you want to confirm the file arrived unchanged.

Questions? The support page has help, and a person answers email.

Updated · 2 October 2026